Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to his one-time ally and Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who was killed in a plane crash Wednesday, calling the mercenary group chief “a person with a complicated fate,” multiple outlets reported.
In a televised address, Putin revealed he had known Prigozhin since the 1990s. While seemingly referencing his failed mutiny, the Russian Leader added that Prigozhin “made serious mistakes in life”
He said, “This was a person with a complicated fate, and he made serious mistakes in life but also sought to achieve the necessary results – both for himself and at a time when I asked him to, for the common cause, such as in these recent months
Putin acknowledged the role played by the dead Wagner soldiers in the Ukrainian war while also sending condolences to their families
“I would like to note that these are people who have made a significant contribution to our common cause of fighting…
